Planetbeing tweet on antenna issue

[Arisian]

"Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.

To fix this, we are adopting AT&T’s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone’s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see."


I don't see how it get any clearer. Signal strength is reported correctly, bars are not. People are interested in it for the same reason most all phones (including the iphone prior to iOS4) had a field test mode.

If you didn't have any interest I don't see why you would post in the first place. Your disinterest in this doesn't interest us.

You're interest in my disinterest doesn't interest me - lol

 

[iphoneguy123]

You're interest in my disinterest doesn't interest me - lol

Translation : I just got OWNED and I lost this fight.

 

[Arisian]

Translation : I just got OWNED and I lost this fight.

I clearly stated that I was wrong - thanks for your jackass input.

 

[TMar]

You're interest in my disinterest doesn't interest me - lol

And your disinterest in my disinterest of your interest , oh never mind lol

 

[Arisian]

And your disinterest in my disinterest of your interest , oh never mind lol

this is all very intersting

 

[TMar]

this is all very intersting

It should have been your disinterest in my interest of your disinterest of everybody else's interest or something like that.

 

[Arisian]

It should have been your disinterest in my interest of your disinterest of everybody else's interest or something like that.

I can't follow it past 2 iterations.

 

[swoosh0217]

Arisian- its 11pm n I'm going to bed. I know you're still up coz its 3pm at your place. Anyway night bro..

 

[Arisian]

Arisian- its 11pm n I'm going to bed. I know you're still up coz its 3pm at your place. Anyway night bro..

2pm actually - Im the night guardian of these forums.

 

[jvice09]

i don't post a lot but man Arisian you are annoying, useless after useless comments don't help anybody. you haven't helped anybody out, just slow your roll and wait for the comex jailbreak of ios4 man. you probably asked geohot out on a date and he declined thats why you bash him so hard...

 

[MikePA]

Planetbeing states what everyone already knows;

1. Bridging the 2 sections of the antenna in the lower left section of the phone affects reception.

2. Placing an insulator (cloth) between his skin and the same section (he calls it the 'magic spot') prevents this.

Why is this news? Answer: It's not. The only thing he should have said was, "Buy a bumper or don't hold the phone that way."

 

[darngooddesign]

You keep winning on the internet you will gets lots of medals

A Merit Badge in futility at the very least.

 

[Arisian]

A Merit Badge in futility at the very least.

 

[tjtv]

I wonder how many independent confirmations of the atenna problem we will need before Apple issues a fix.

 

[Arisian]

I wonder how many independent confirmations of the atenna problem we will need before Apple issues a fix.

I think they think they are issuing a fix - 4.0.1

Friday's press conf. will be interesting, won't it?

 

[swiftbmx]

Have you considered ever being annoying because you definitely aren't?

 

[Arisian]

Have you considered ever being annoying because you definitely aren't?

sorry if I annoy you man.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Have you considered ever being annoying because you definitely aren't?

Have you ever considered an ignore list?

I, for one, enjoy his input. It's refreshing to have somebody around with a positive attitude and a willingness to admit when one is wrong and move on.

 

[swiftbmx]

Have you ever considered an ignore list?

I, for one, enjoy his input. It's refreshing to have somebody around with a positive attitude and a willingness to admit when one is wrong and move on.

How does all that protein taste?

 

[MDMac]

How does all that protein taste?

Why do you care? A little curious, perhaps?

 

[Greg M]

i don't post a lot but man Arisian you are annoying, useless after useless comments don't help anybody. you haven't helped anybody out, just slow your roll and wait for the comex jailbreak of ios4 man. you probably asked geohot out on a date and he declined thats why you bash him so hard...

+1 on that

I've gotten so that if I see that face I just skip over the comment.

Apple is lying, plain and simple. They do it every time some piece of their hardware has a problem. They deny any problem until they all of a sudden they come out with a fix. Remember the original MBP and the heat problems? How about the MBP video card problems?

There is a serious design problem with the iphone 4. It's hardware NOT software. Apple can design some terrific devices but it's the phone side that they don't do very well. I've had every iphone (except 4) and every single one has had reception problems. I drop calls or have no signal while my wife sitting next to me with some cheap phone still gets a good signal and has no problem with dropped calls.

Apple's phone stinks! However, the overall device is great so I deal with the horrible reception.

 

[dZp]

if I see that face I just skip over the comment.

Now you must have offended him... the face is gone. Only the face.

 

[Arisian]

Now you must have offended him... the face is gone. Only the face.

If he's offended by my picture - that's a simple solution, I can just remove it - it's a lot easier for me to do that than it seems to be for him to not get annoyed about it People are MEAN, but then again I'm pretty damn ugly. I just find that a little decency goes a long way.

Sad that this whole thread went the way it did - such is the nature of forums though.

Still glad to be a part of it.

 

[terraphantm]

Apple is lying, plain and simple. They do it every time some piece of their hardware has a problem. They deny any problem until they all of a sudden they come out with a fix. Remember the original MBP and the heat problems? How about the MBP video card problems?

This is a well-known technique for handling PR. In any industry, anyone who has to deal w/ PR is trained not to answer any questions directly, and to always give the same answer no matter what the question it is. The only time you ever give out real information is during a press-conference, just like the one Apple has scheduled for today